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A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
For 2001, Suzuki introduced a new GSX-R model that replaced the largest and most powerful model of the GSX-R series sportbike, the GSX-R1100, with the all-new GSX-R1000. As the model name revealed, the engine's cylinder displacement was roughly 1,000 cc (61 cu in), about 100 cc smaller than its predecessor.
The Ducati Panigale V4 is a sport bike with a 1,103 cc (67.3 cu in) desmodromic 90° V4 engine introduced by Ducati in 2018 as the successor to the V-twin engined 1299.A smaller engine displacement version complies with the Superbike category competition regulations which state "Over 750 cc up to 1000 cc" for three and four cylinder 4-stroke engines.
The 2009 CBR1000RR won the Best Sportbike of the Year Award in Motorcycle USA Best of 2009 Awards, [13] having also won the over 750 cc open sportbike class in 2008. [14] The 2012 CBR1000RR won another Cycle World shootout, [ 15 ] as well as a Motorcycle USA best street [ 16 ] and track [ 17 ] comparisons.
MZ 1000S is a 998 cc 180-degree parallel twin motorcycle produced between 2004 and 2007 released in the US in 2005 [2] by the now defunct German company MZ Motorrad.Once the flagship of the range, the 1000S was MZ's largest-ever displacement motorcycle, and their first multi-cylinder bike since 1959.
The 1000cc engine excluded the bike from the then popular Superbike racing class which limited four cylinder machines to 750cc, the bike was popular in open class racing in the hands of private teams. The bike won the Castrol Six Hour and Isle of Man TT Production class B in 1987 and the Castrol Six Hour (New Zealand) in 1987 and 1988.
The Concours was introduced into the USA the year after the slightly faster (137 mph) BMW K100LT at less than two-thirds the price of the BMW machine. Both bikes were tested by the magazine Motorcyclist , which came out in favor of the Kawasaki concluding that it was "the most practical, useful and competent motorcycle made" and "superior to ...
The Yamaha YZF1000R Thunderace was a motorcycle produced by Yamaha from 1996 until 2005.. The YZF1000R was a stop-gap bike from the FZR1000 to the YZF-R1 and produced from existing parts bins.